After Little Archie protects Sue Stringly and her scrawny Christmas tree from the South Side Serpents, the two run out onto the ice after her dog Snuffles and get caught on an ice floe that takes them out into the middle of the river.

Little Archie goes to Crackstone Manor to retrieve the camera he left there the last time Mad Doctor Doom captured him (in Archie Giant Series # 570). He finds that in the Doctor's absence, Professor Pither From Planet Pluto is using Crackstone Manor to create tiny tornadoes that can steal people's jewelry.

Indexer Notes

Professor Pither was originally created by Bob Bolling as an adversary for Sabrina the Teenage Witch. (In at least one Sabrina story we learn that he continues to use Crackstone Manor after Archie has grown up and driven Mad Doctor Doom out of Riverdale.)